STACK #230 December 2023

GAMING PREVIEWS

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DECEMBER

BATMAN ARKHAM TRILOGY Three of the most revered superhero games ever released are finally making their way to Switch, all in one bat-ch! As well as delivering Batman: Arkham Asylum , Batman: Arkham City , and Batman: Arkham Knight , this bat-tery of hits is also set to pack in all DLC for all three games,

AVATAR: FRONTIERS OF PANDORA Director James Cameron’s stunning world of Pandora is set to spring to life in a first-person action adventure that’s set in the previously unseen Western Frontier. Play as a Na’vi who was kidnapped by the RDA Corporation and moulded into a soldier. Now free, you’re having trouble

as we revisit – or take on for the first time – such legendary DC villains as The Joker, Bane, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, The Riddler, and The Penguin.

fitting back into society, so you aim to reconnect with your lost heritage as you now protect your land from your oppressors.

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DRAGON QUEST MONSTERS: THE DARK PRINCE It’s time for revenge as you set off into a fantastical world in the latest Dragon Quest adventure. Psaro’s curse means he can’t harm anything with monster blood. Now, he must create an army for battle, hunting high-ranked monsters through the ever-changing seasons of Nadiria and its unique environments. Using synthesis to combine

STAR WARS HERITAGE PACK Look at the size of this thing! Wel OK, it’s normal Switch game size, but the cartridge does pack in five classic Star Wars games, plus you get another two to download, making seven in this one neat little package. Get into The Force Unleashed , Episode 1 Racer , Jedi Knight I and II , Republic

Commando , and both of the Knights of the Old Republic games, as you learn the power of the Force, lead a squad of clones, control a Podracer, and lots more!

two monsters will bring Psaro one step closer to becoming the Master of Monsterkind.

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FITNESS BOXING: FIST OF THE NORTH STAR Nintendo’s fitness franchise delivers a twist, as it collides with Fist of the North Star . It’ll still deliver top notch daily exercise workouts in a rhythm game-like format, but with the added fun of having characters from the classic manga serving as your instructors. That’s

NICKELODEON ALL-STAR BRAWL 2 It’s time to go the biff again with your favourite Nickelodeon characters, with a bunch of familiar faces added to the roster, including SpongeBob and the TMNT gang. The whole game has been rebuilt, with a raft of cool new features added, from more variety in your fighters, to amazing new Supers, and minigames. Plus, there’s now a single-player campaign

not all, though, as you’ll exercise to 20 songs from the series, and can partake in the new battle mode, which gives your workout an action injection.

mode to work through as you fight to stop archvillain Vlad Plasmius from taking over the entire Nick universe!

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Are you up to answering all eight of this month’s game related posers? 1. What was the 2006 debut game from Batman Arkham series creators Rocksteady Studios? 2. In what year did the original Dragon Quest NES game release in Japan? 3. What was the name in Japan of the Wii series that led to the Switch Fitness Boxing games? 4. What was the 2002 game that was based on a James Cameron TV series of the same name? 5. Which arcade manufacturer was behind the vector graphics 1983 Star Wars machine? 6. What was the name of the animated cat and dog Nickelodeon duo that starred in several early 1990s games?

ANSWERS: 1. Urban Chaos: Riot Response 2. 1986 3. Shape Boxing 4. Dark Angel 5. Atari 6. Ren & Stimpy 7. Nights into Dreams 8. Vectrex

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7. Which SEGA game had a special Christmas-themed version released on the Saturn in 1996? 8. What was the name of 1982’s vector graphics based home console that came with its own screen?

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